Get Paid!
Your time and labor are valuable. We trade our time, skill set, and experience for money. However, sometimes it can be a fight to get paid for all of your and your staff’s hard work after a big project.
If you aren’t getting paid for your services as a contractor, you could be able to get money from the state slush fund. You just have to follow these steps:
Complete Application for Payment - If a question doesn’t apply to your situation, indicate with an NA. Don’t leave any question blank or you could find your claim delayed or outright denied.
Submit evidence that the residence is owner-occupied - there are three different ways to go about this, but you only need ONE. You can submit:
A complete Owner-Occupied Residence Affidavit
A copy of a civil judgment finding
Documentation that you have been prevented from obtaining the affidavit from the owner
Evidence that you have attempted to collect unpaid wages - there are two ways to show this. You can either have a:
Copy of a wage claim assignment filed with the Employment Standards of Bureau of the Antidiscrimination & Labor Division of the Labor Commission of Utah - make sure you have copies of ALL supporting documents that were submitted with this claim
Copy of a civil action filed by you against them to recover wages owed
Submit evidence that shows that you were an employee, you are entitled to the wages that have not been paid, and the total amount of wages due - you MUST have at least ONE of the following:
Copy of final administrative order for payment issued by the Employment of Standards Bureau of the Antidiscrimination and Labor Commission of Utah.
Copy of a civil judgment in favor of you (claimant) against them.
Submit evidence that you have served this application to the non-paying party - to do this you have to complete a Certificate of Service (Page 11), then send the non-paying party a copy of the Certificate of Service and a copy of the application via certified mail with a return receipt requested. Attach the Certificate of Service to the original application.
Submit a $15 non-refundable application processing fee - make the check payable to DOPL-LRF
If you are looking for reimbursement there are some things that you should keep in mind.
For attorney fees - the judgment must award a sum-certain amount for attorney’s fees
For costs - must submit documentation of the amount and nature of the costs. Keep in mind that costs are limited to those costs awardable in district court
You can click here or go to https://dopl.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/residence-lien-recovery-fund-application-for-payment.pdf for the applications and paperwork needed.
If you still have any questions or concerns about getting paid, give Irvine Legal a call at 385-333-7966 and let us help you navigate your way through this so you can get back to business.